Questionnaire assessing the level of knowledge among medical school students çalifimasi HPV vaccine [Tip fakültesi· ögrenci·leri· arasinda HPV aşisi bi·lgi· düzeyi·ni· degerlendi·ren anket çalişmasi]

Aim: To evaluate the knowledge level of medical students in Ege University Faculty of Medicine about the currently licensed human papilloma virüs (HPV) vaccine. Material and Method: Eight second grade medical student who had previously informed about HPV vaccine had handed out the HPV vaccine questionnaire to medical students. Statistical analysis was done by SPSS v13.0. Results: Questionnaire was administered to 129 female and 110 male to a total of 239 medical students. The rate of the knowledge on HPV vaccination was 75.7% and 58 (24.3%) of the students had no information about HPV vaccination. Students basically informed from the lessons and social media (respectively 36% and 38%) and less from the mass media. Among 129 female students only 5 of them had HPV vaccination. When the answers of female and male students were evaluated separately, female students gave higher number of correct answers in the following questions; "Who should be vaccinated?" (p=0.017), "How many times an individual should be vaccinated?" (p=0.03), "Do vaccinated individuals need smear testing?" (p=0.03), and "Who does the payment for vaccination?" (p=0.000). Conclusion: The knowledge of HPV vaccination was low even in a relatively high educated medical students and we believe that informative efforts are required for public health purposes